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Secret Coders
GRC 2016-17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the subtitle of Secret Coders, Book One? | Get With The Program (front cover) |
| What is the name of the new school Hopper transferred to? | Stately Academy (p. 5) |
| True or False, Hopper's mom walks her in on the first day. | False, she wants to walk in by herself. (p. 5) |
| What does Hopper think Stately Academy looks like: A) Haunted House B) Museum C) Church or D) Graveyard | A) Haunted House (p. 6) |
| What # is on the front above the door of Stately Academy? | 9 (p. 6) |
| What does the janitor call Hopper on her first day? | A "little hooligan" (p. 7) |
| What kind of skirt is Hopper wearing her first day of school? A) striped B) plaid C) polka dot D) solid green | B plaid (p. 5....) |
| When Hopper saw a group of boys on the lawn "shoving each other like idiots" one was holding what type of ball? | basketball (p.8) |
| True or False, Hopper is into basketball? | True, (p.8) |
| What did the boys throw at Hopper on her first day? A. chocolate pudding B. vanilla pudding C. chocolate ice cream D. vanilla ice cream | A. chocolate pudding (p. 9-10) |
| What did Hopper's dad used to call loogies? | "lung pudding" (p.9) |
| What was the worst class at Stately Academy for Hopper? | Mandarin (p. 12) |
| What is Hopper's Mandarin teacher's name? | Ms. Hu (p. 13) |
| Where does Hopper sit for lunch on her first day A. By herself at a picnic table B. Next to a garbage can C. Behind the school D. a spot under a tree near the tables | D. (p. 14) |
| What is Hopper eating at lunch on her first day? | A sandwich (p. 14-15) |
| Who stops by to visit Hopper first at lunch? A. Josh B. creepy bird C. Janitor D. Eni | B. Creepy Bird (p 16) |
| Why does Hopper think the bird is creepy? | At first it has 2 eyes, then 3 (p. 16) |
| What # are Hopper's earrings shaped like? | 7 (p.17) |
| Why does Hopper wear a # on her earrings? | For her jersey # from her old team (p.17) |
| How many older sisters does Eni have? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D .0 | C. 3 (p. 17) |
| What does Hopper help Eni figure out at lunch the first day? | Why there are 9's on all the buildings! (p. 18) |
| What was the suspicion Eni has held about the birds since first grade? | That they are robots (p. 18) |
| The birds' eyes display ____________ numbers. | binary (p. 18) |
| What does binary mean? | It is how computers store numbers. (p. 19) |
| What does "closed, open, open, open" mean in binary? | seven (p. 23) |
| If you are using switches, how do you relate the # 7 in binary? | "off, on, on, on" (p. 23) |
| True or False, in binary not every column has to completely empty or completely full. | False. (p.21) |
| What is 9 in binary? | open, closed, closed, open (p. 24) |
| What does Eni's dad do for work? A. computer programmer B. software engineer C. architect D. teacher | B. (p. 24) |
| Why does Eni think they put the 9's all over the school? | So the birds would keep their 2 middle eyes closed and look normal. |
| What is 12 in binary? | Open, open, closed, closed (p. 27) |
| What is the janitor's name? | Mr. Bee |
| What does the janitor prefer to be known as? | Director of Facilities |
| What is the combination for the padlock on the shed on the side of the school? | 13...2...6 (p. 33) |
| What does Hopper imagine might be in the shed? | cash, dusty old skeletons (p. 33) |
| What does Hopper lie to her mom about so she can meet Eni back at school and try breaking into the shed again? | That she has basketball practice. (p. 35) |
| Name 4 things Eni and Hopper find in the shed when they finally unlock it. | Brooms, buckets, mops, a computer program and a robot. (p. 39) |
| What is the robot in the shed holding when Eni and Hopper find it? | A leaf blower (p. 40) |
| What is the name of the program that Eni and Hopper find in the shed? | ClearSidewalk (p. 40-41) |
| What are the first 2 commands of the ClearSidewalk program? | Forward 40, Left 90 (p.42) |
| What does PD tell the robot to do? | Turn the leaf blower on (p. 43) |
| What is on Mr. Bee's flashlight beam? | the #15 and the #0 (p. 47) |
| Where do Eni and Hopper hide when Mr. Bee is chasing them down after they found the robot in the shed? | In the dumpster (p. 49) |
| What do Eni and Hopper name the robot? | Little Guy (p. 61) |
| What is the Principal's name at Stately Academy? | Principal Dean (p. 65) |
| True or False: Principal Dean is a woman. | False. (p. 65) |
| True or False, Ms. Hu is Hopper's Mom. | True. (p. 66) |
| What is the name of the program that Eni brings to Hopper when she is in the Principal's Office? | OpenSesame (p. 69) |
| What will OpenSesame make the turtle robot do? | Walk in a hexagon (p. 71) |
| The "guy" who walks out of Principal Dean's office refers to Stately Academy as what? | "Prison of a school filled with sniveling brats" (p.72) |
| What is Hopper's punishment from Principal Dean? | three weeks of trash duty at lunch with Mr. Bee (p.73) |
| True or False: Hopper is amazing at her first basketball practice. | False, she has a horrible first practice. (p.75-76) |
| What do the girls at practice call Eni? | "Eni-baby" (p.77) |
| How long ago did Hopper start playing basketball A. 6 days B. 6 weeks C. 6 months D. 6 years | C. 6 months (p. 78) |
| Finish the sentence, "Basketball is math in ___________". | "motion". (p.78) |
| What happened to Hopper's dad 6 month ago? | He and her mom got in a huge fight, he walked out and never came back. (p.78) |
| What happens to the tiled hexagon in the courtyard that Eni and Hopper come across when they find the robot standing on it's edge and say "OpenSesame"? | It starts to descend (go down) and a passageway with stairs emerges. (p.81) |
| Who comes with Eni and Hopper down the secret passageway, Josh or Joshie? | Josh (p. 81) |
| What is Hopper's Dad's name? | Albert Gracie (p.86) |
| What does Mr. Bee called his invention (the mechanism through which Eni, Hopper and Josh entered the tiled hexagon in the courtyard)? | Path Portal (p. 87) |
| What is the final challenge that Mr. Bee gives the kids at the end of the story? | They must come up with a program to make the turtle walk along the complex hexagon and open the new Patch Portal or they can never set foot on campus again! |
| Who are the authors of Secret Coders? | Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes (front cover) |
| When was the book published? | 2015 (inside front cover) |
| What year was it in the author's note at the end? | 1984 (p. 90) |
| Which author wrote the author's note? | Gene Luen Yang (p. 91) |
| Which class did Mr. Yang (one of the author's) remember best from his summer school class as a kid? | Introduction to Computer Programming (p.90) |
| What animal is the robot supposed to look like A. a frog B. a turtle C. a lizard | B a turtle |
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